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. 2017 Apr 26;17:73. doi: 10.1186/s12890-017-0417-3

Table 3.

Predictive value of FACED score on number and severity of future exacerbations and hospitalizations in the Latin America cohort

AUC-ROC (FACED) Best cut-off points (sensitivity/specificity)
At least 1 exacerbation/year
(n = 228; 35.0%)
0.70 (0.67–0.75) NA
At least 2 exacerbation/year
(n = 117; 17.9%)
0.72 (0.68–0.78) NA
At least 1 hospitalization/year
(n = 56; 8.6%)
0.82 (0.78–0.87) >3.5 points
(Sensitivity: 79% and Specificity: 78%)
At least 2 exacerbation or 1 hospitalization/year (n = 150; 23.0%) 0.78 (0.74–0.82) >2.5 points
(Sensitivity: 82% and Specificity: 70%)

NA not applicable